Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Forest Products Association of Canada / Association des produits forestiers du Canada / ELINOR BLANCHARD, SECRETARY & V.P., ISSUES MANAGMENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Forest Products Association of Canada / Association des produits forestiers du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: ELINOR BLANCHARD, SECRETARY & V.P., ISSUES MANAGMENT 
Initial registration start date: 1996-03-18
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780688-11946

Version 2 of 3 (1996-10-17 to 1997-06-20)

Version 2 of 3 (1996-10-17 to 1997-06-20) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Forest Products Association of Canada / Association des produits forestiers du Canada
1900 - 1155 METCALFE STREET
MONTREAL, QC  H3B 4T6
Canada
Telephone number: 514-866-6621
Fax number: 514-866-3035  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: ELINOR BLANCHARD, SECRETARY & V.P., ISSUES MANAGMENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER ASSOCIATION (CPPA) REPRESENTS 52 FOREST COMPANIES ACROSS CANADA. MEMBER COMPANIES PRODUCE 80% OF THE NATION'S PULP AND PAPER AND 79% OF CANADA'S SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS. IN 1995, INDUSTRY SHIPMENTS WERE VALUED AT ALMOST $50 BILLION AND ABOUT 80% OF OUR PRODUCTION IS EXPORTED TO CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE CPPA HAS INITIATED PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF INDUSTRY PRACTICES AND VALUES.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: MEMBERS ARE CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS OF PULP AND/OR PAPER.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: DAVID BARRON
Position title: Senior V.P., Environment, Resources & technology
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID CHURCH
Position title: Director, Transportation, Distibution, Recycling
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
Position title: Senior Advisor, Trade
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LISE LACHAPELLE
Position title: President and CEO
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEAN-PIERRE MARTEL
Position title: Director, Forests
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BRIAN MCCLAY
Position title: SENIOR V.P., TRADE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KEVIN MCELHATTON
Position title: Vice-President, Economics and Statistics
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MADELEINE MCNICOLL
Position title: Director, Human Resources
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SIMON NADEAU
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR, BIODIVERSITY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JOEL NEUHEIMER
Position title: Manager, Market Access
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LORRAINE OSTIGUY
Position title: ADVISOR, TRADE INFORMATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANTHONY ROTHERHAM
Position title: DIRECTOR, WOODLANDS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CLAUDE ROY
Position title: Director, Environment and Energy
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: STEVE STINSON
Position title: Director, Finance and Business Issues
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ROBERT WOOD
Position title: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL SECTION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Privy Council Office (PCO), Transport Canada (TC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Forestry, Industry, International Trade, Science and Technology
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: BILL C-101; CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACT; CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA); EUROPEAN UNION ECOLABELLING ISSUES; EU NEWSPRINT QUOTA; AMENDMENTS TO THE CUSTOMS ACT; INTERNATIONALND FORESTRY CONVENTION; NATIONAL MARINE POLICY: MARINE SERVICES FEES; NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE; CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT; WTO AND TARIFF ACCELERATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION LEGISLATION; CHANGES TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM; FEDERAL BUDGET
Subject Matter: Prospective: CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION ACT; MARINE SERVICES FEES AND NATIONAL MARINE POLICY; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUND; TARIFF ACCELERATION; EU TARIFF AND ECOLABELLING ISSUES; WTO AND NAFTA TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES; INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY CONVENTION; NATIONAL FORESTRY SERVICE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ACTION PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE TOXIC SUBSTANCES MANAGEMENT POLICY; ENDANGERED SPECIES LEGISLATION; CEPA REVIEW; NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS STRATEGY; CHANGES TO PENSION PLAN AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PLAN; FINANCE ISSUES




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